UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) More than 10,000 Pen
nsylvania high school students are
expected to compete in this year’s
state Envirothon on June 19 at
Pine Grove Furnace State Park.
The event enables teams of stu
dents to learn more about the envi
ronment through hands-on, com
petitive events.
The winning team will repre
sent Pennsylvania at the national
Envirothon competition July
31-August4 at Niagara University
in New York. Local teams qualify
for stale competition by winning
county-level contests.
Envirothon teams receive study
materials on aquatics, forestry,
soils, wildlife and current issues.
The team adviser, usually a teach
er, can integrate these materials in
a science or agricultural science
curriculum or teach them through
clubs or other activities.
This year’s materials feature a
pesticide education curriculum
developed by Kerry Hoffman,
pesticide education coordinator in
Penn State’s Office of Pesticide
Education, with support from the
Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture.
‘The curriculum helps teachers
Envirothon To Feature Pesticide Education
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n i he env ‘* and environmental exposure to
ranment, pesticide residues and
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integrated pest petition was held in 1979 in the
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win hi m!!.h t°%! r at t na ! conservation districts. In 1984, the
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unit into existing science and agri- JZ y ’
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to make their decisions regarding y rogram ,£ ad
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cides as long as we’ve had pSs." ° K
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chemicals as pesticides dates back _ th ° eam , m f*s abou i the Envir
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and mites.”
State
The curriculum explores pesti
cide terminology, the registration
process for introducing a new pes
ticide and federal and state laws
regulating pesticide use. Students
learn about-levels of toxicity and
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